Monday, October 5, 2015

The Great Christmas Knit Off

The perfect seasonal tale of how
laughter, friends and wacky Christmas sweaters can mend a broken heart.

Heartbroken after being jilted at
the altar, Sybil has been saved from despair by her knitting obsession and now
her home is filled to bursting with tea cozies, beanies, and sweaters. But,
after discovering that she may have perpetrated the screw-up of the century at
work, Sybil decides to make a hasty exit and, just weeks before Christmas, runs
away to the picturesque village of Tindledale.

There, Sybil discovers Hettie’s
House of Haberdashery, an emporium dedicated to the world of knitting and
needle craft. But Hettie, the outspoken octogenarian owner, is struggling and
now the shop is due for closure. And when Hettie decides that Sybil’s
wonderfully wacky Christmas sweaters are just the thing to add a bit of
excitement to her window display, something miraculous starts to happen…

I liked this one. It was sweet and exactly what I was looking for. It was well written and got me into the knitting spirit. I would encourage those that like Christmas themed wonderful stories to give this one a go. Good Book! 4 star worthy

Alexandra Brown began her writing
career as the City Girl columnist for The London Paper - a satirical diary
account of her time working in the corporate world of London. Alex wrote the
weekly column for two years before giving it up to concentrate on writing
novels and is now the author of the Carrington’s books. Set in a department
store in the pretty seaside town of Mulberry-On-Sea, the series follows the
life, loves and laughs of sales assistant, Georgie Hart. The Great Christmas
Knit Off is Alex’s fourth book and is the first in a new series set in the
fictional village of Tindledale, following the lives of all the characters
there.

Alex lives in a real village near the
south coast of England, with her husband, daughter and a very shiny black
Labrador.